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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 43.9465S, 148.0441WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 107 km E of Shikotan, Russia (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 148.0441° East, 43.9465° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 09:48:08 / June 2, 2018 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:48:08 / 7:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehc2. Id of event: us1000ehc2.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 107 km E of Shikotan, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.0441° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.9465° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107km E of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-02 09:48:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-02 10:06:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 465 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.934 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ehc2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ehc2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ehc2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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